From Eve to Dawn, a History of Women in the World, Volume III: Infernos and Paradises, the Triumph of Capitalism in the 19th Century

From the New York Times-bestselling author: "A rare find: a page-turning, can't-put-it-down history text." --Library Journal

Writing about what she calls the "most cheering period in female history," Marilyn French recounts how nineteenth-century women living under imperialism, industrialization, and capitalism nonetheless organized for their own education, a more equitable wage, and the vote.

Focusing on the United States, Great Britain, and countries in Africa, French argues that capitalism's success depended on the exploitation and enslavement of huge numbers, including women, but the act of working outside the home alongside other women, rather than in isolation, provided women with the possibility of organizing for emancipation.

"The third volume of her remarkable four-volume survey . . . fascinating insight and detail." --Publishers Weekly

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 09/01/2008
ISBN: 9781558615830
Pages: 385
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/15/2009 pg. 104
New York Review of Books 04/30/2009 pg. 19
Choice 08/01/2009
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 56